Lolita reacts to a NOSTALGIC DOCUMENTARY 

"Takes its roots from the Victorian Era and the Rococco period of France" *shows an edwardian photograph and a victorian style plate*

Them wearing no blouses with their jsk made me more uncomfortable than them wearing no shoes tbh. But 2009 was a different time~

I like the no-shoes look lol. Would be cute for Mori or farm-style classical lolita. Also i think lolita is very consumerist now, you gotta be in a room with brand bags taped on your walls and 500 korilekkumas on your bed. I remember Lolita in 2012 being much more of an alternative fashion with the adjoined alternative lifestyle, like all alt fashion used to be. Lolita started as rejection of expectations for women and humility, so of course you're gonna go sit on a lawn and ruin your frivolous, expensive dress like some kind of idiot, that's what it's about.

"The western lolita is bound by rules" > *Doesn't have a blouse* lmao

Y'all going on about the boat and shoes and no blouse, but BRUH, THEY SAT ON GRASS 😭😭😭 if there was ever a SLIVER of wet dirt that touched my brand...

Last time I was this early, Honey Cake was still readily available

8:15 : That's not a print, that's AP's Bloom OP in yellow from 2008 lol. (Also why do I have like half the things these girls were wearing in this video..? >>) Also WOW look at how vibrant that Sugary Carnival was before the prints had started fading! ;__; Also I am not at all bothered by their not wearing shoes; they're obviously just hanging out in a park for a picnic, and idk maybe this is because I'm a country bumpkin but there's just something so nice and freeing about running around in warm grass barefoot. I'm sure they wore shoes to and from the park and in the boat, those shots just weren't included. It's very playful and childlike which was definitely something lolitas focused on back then, like when you see them playing patty cake. There was a big focus on retaining childhood and youth and just being free and careless in lolita--which is actually explained a bit in the essay Lolita: Dreaming, Despairing, Defying, which was published in 2011 and I did a reading of last week on my channel in case anyone is curious!

The OP that Victoria wears in the beginning (the one you said "What print is that? We'll never know" about) is actually a solid dress, it's called Bloom OP and the flower details on the bodice are made with fabric. I think it was quite underrated, even at the time, which is a shame because it's really pretty!

This will always be one of my fav lolita docs ^-^ I used to follow all of these girls’ blogs ways back when! Also, it’s really weird hearing my name come out of your mouth cause I’ve been subbed to you since shit lolitas say 😯

I feel like lolitas react to the word loli the same way the general public reacts to moist

I can't even make it through the book Lolita. It's too triggering of my own past trauma. I wish people would pay attention to the things Dolores is actually saying and doing. The things she says don't match up with her abuser's claims and images- which is the point. But it's hard for me to grasp how people miss these things when they're not even "between the lines"- it's all out in the open. But that's exactly what makes the book a pointed statement about abuse. People looking in from the outside can easily miss things that are "right in front of their faces", and will take people's word for things without getting the other side of the story. People read the book and simply take the word of its intentionally unreliable narrator at face value. Same thing often happens in real life. That was generally the point, but the point still goes over some people's heads. People still bizzarely think it's a "love story". Also, random rant, but people still call her "Lolita", which was her abuser's nickname for her, rather than her actual name (Dolores) when talking about her character. People don't define her character outside of his narrative much at all. Maybe I'm too sensitive but that's always bothered me a bit. Imagine if everyone only called you by the nickname your abuser made up. Sure she's just a character, but this happens in real life too, which is why I can't help but cringe at it a bit. It's a hard part of recovery for a lot of people, getting out from under the identity chosen for them and building their own seperate from the abuse. At least it was for me. I guess that's what it reminds me of and why it bothers me.

NGL I thought of Bad Apple MV for the graphic rather than Playboy lol

>Sees lolitas on a boat *LEVEL OF STRESS 99%*

On the lolitas liking Lolita topic: so from what I’ve heard of the book is that it is often misinterpreted. The idea behind it isn’t glorifying terrible, awful things, but instead is supposed to show that no one in the girl’s life was thinking about her wants or needs and they just keep projecting what they want onto this teen girl. That’s just an interpretation I’ve heard. Sorry if that’s too complex for a cute video!

I can see the beauty of and appreciate the art of the book “Lolita,” however unfortunate that someone may assume it has anything to do with actual Lolita Culture.

That outfit Is giving me big strawberry shortcake vibes! I love It!

"What's with this print? It kinda looks like a table cloth! ... Meta? 👀 "

I love lolita fashion and love the book as well. Not for it's subject matter, but because I love psychology and delving deeper into the minds of people who aren't "normal" The language is also very poetic and beautiful which is it's best selling point honestly. I just wanted to comment on the fact that the book is more liked than people think (yes even by lolitas) but not because of it's main topic.

This was a fun documentary. The bare feet also made me weirdly uncomfortable, but not as much as watching them try to paddle that boat did. They were each holding onto a rowing oar and trying to paddle like it was a canoe and in different directions!

OMG 2001: An Anime Odyssey! The guy at the very beginning that yells, 'everybody love sailor moon'? I used to go to his house and watch anime when I was a teenager. Worse, I met him through his online fansub distro (we used to send blank VHS tapes and a money order to random strangers online, and they would record whatever anime we requested onto those tapes and mail them back to us... because we were FOOLS! and the internet was a very new place). He was the only person that had Sera Myu, and when I realized while filling out my money order that he lived in my town, I contacted him to ask if I could GO TO HIS HOUSE AND GIVE HIM THE MONEY ORDER. He then invited me over for an anime viewing party AND I WENT. The good news is, he was a totally sweet guy, and I ended up having a blast every time I went over to his place. Still. As a mom now, I'm very disappointed in myself. I used to carry an 8mm camera with me to every anime con I went to, and I have loads of footage from cons in the early 2000's (starting with AWA 2000 and Anime Expo 2000). I'd usually vid capture the footage and upload it to my website for my friends to watch (this was well before YT) or transfer it onto VHS and send them all copies. I'm very ancient and my bones hurt.

I have SAD and honestly, the eight years where I couldn't wear lolita, I forced it to the back of my mind with incredible sadness. SAD can't be ignored. I have to fight it, actively being positive to negate the effects the lack of sunlight puts on me. And I *adore* lolita to death. That's just me, though.

I love the outfit! Reminds me of the character Strawberry Shortcake

Personally, I don't have an issue with hanging out in lolita without shoes if you're on grass or at home. I've been to a few picnics where everyone had barefeet until we had to go somewhere or leave, because you don't want to cover your heels in mud and grass, and because it's just more comfortable. In 2010 my comm had their ILD at a beach that was 3 hours away for everyone attending. No one kept their shoes on. Our feet hurt. We had a lolita olympics with like school gala type events (sack race, egg-and-spoon, skipping rope race, etc.) and there would have been no way to do that in lolita shoes.

I am in love with this coord!!! With the wig and the hat it is so good!!!

It is strange that they like the book, but the original story was about how twisted and sick peadophiles are . The movies both kind of made it like a fantasy where as the book was more like an awareness story.

Ooo speaking of sub styles, I wanna see a vid on Qi/Wa Lolita :O I haven't found any good vids on it anywhere tbh

It’s so sad that you gotta give a documentary a gold star for getting the most basic thing about the fashion right (Victorian and rococo inspo) 😭

I always get so excited when you post

The outfit you’re wearing reminds me so much of the old Strawberry Shortcake dolls my big sister had back when we were toddlers! The nostalgia- AHHHHH

I literally just found your channel today and have been putting them on in the background while I do stuff but then I came to this one and had to sit down and actually watch because I just kept remembering the con days of the early 2000s. Those were the days when I had to stop including Lolita fashion in my art because people both in and out of the community gave me such a hard time about it. It was at that time when wealth was making an extra huge difference in the community and people with more money had stricter rules to keep people with less money out. My designs weren't considered "real" Lolita by the "experts" around where I lived because "real" Lolita had to come from Japan. Twenty years later, here I am, rambling to a Lolita RU-vidr (sorry) all to say that several hours of shuffling through your videos has inspired me to start drawing Lolita again, so thank you.

Oh gosh this look is so 👌👌👌 Tbh speaking of nostagia days, I wonder if you make that egl handbook video that youll attempt to style according to the rules at the time lol.

Victoria was the one who got me into Lolita

I know this has nothing to do with the video but I was playing ACNH while watching this and the able sisters had an adorable Lolita-Esk dress and headdress. I was super excited about it

I appreciate that they showed a semi-closeup of a dress because not only could we see the print well, but that GORGEOUS lace!!

I wish I could explore Lolita fashion but my family seems kinda weird about it. I'm 22 and just for having cute things in my bedroom they are bothered. What should I do?

There are two types of high teir editing, those who approach it as fine art like Bernadette Banner, and those who walk the line between meme and clean. You, my friend walk that line expertly:)

That cat fabric wasn't even from a lolita brand. I made a skirt with it when I was a kid. 😅

This is zero shade, but "American Lolitas are very bound by rules" *while wearing a jsk without a BLOUSE* 👗💔 (I kid, I did it all the time with the right pieces)

I love to dress retro and it definitely puts me in a better mood when I get ready even if I go nowhere

Them talking about books in school reminded me of when I had to explain why I was looking up "lolita" on a school computer to the librarian. I was looking for a dress to draw for a piece of art I was working on. I then sat at the computer to draw it. Also explained why I could not print it off and draw at the table. It was a mostly black dress, and only black/white ink. I loved that librarian, chill guy once you explained stuff!

Awe I love that you talked about The Stitches I love watching her!!

lmaooo i totally remember viewing this docu as a wee 12 year old closet goth / lolita subculturalist. victoria suzanne was my idol I read her blog lolita charm practically every day for the longest time. And it's so true that the lolita elitism was even more hardcore back then ahaha, glad that's eased up a bit by the time I actually started wearing j fashion.

This made me nostalgic for the days when I first started going to cons around 2010/2011. Things really were different back then.

The pretty good description badge had me cackling

Is 2001 an Anime Odyssey a joke-umentary? That EDITING definitely set a mood. It was a super fun watch though!

So glad you're still making this series. Also for some reason Black Butler reference made me happy.

Living for that floofy wig!

Lor: Just dress up at home! I would but it’s like 100 degrees daily where I live and being inside isn’t much of an improvement...ah, Southern summers

I’m just happy to see a video I’m bingeing videos and hand sewing stuff at the moment so thank you for taking the time to make a video.

At 10:51 or thereabouts, that's the Hartford Convention Center in Connecticut. I'm guessing it was for CTcon (or Connecticon). It usually takes place in July. 2009 was before my time, though. I went to my first convention in 2012! Side note: I'm not surprised that the subjects of the documentary seem to be highly educated young women. Connecticut (and the east coast in general, as you probably know) is well known for its good school system, and colleges like Yale and UConn. That's why the comment about them liking the novel didn't shock me; I think they might've been able to study it in depth and appreciate it for what it's trying to say. It's beautifully written, truly, but that doesn't mean they agree with the narrator! Connecticut is also home to a lot of wealthy residents, which is probably how the ladies were able to afford their co-ords at a time when lolita was not as accessible... and not have to worry about getting their stuff so dirty.

I've been dying to read "Lolita" because I've seen the film (97) and I liked it a lot! It was sort of this twisted view from the narrators part and I don't think anything he did was really justified to anyone but himself, even Lo seemed to hate him. I heard the book is even better at that, making the narrator even more unreliable. I just like literature and storyteller in general because I'm a film student lol

Omg lor what jsk are you wearing I LOVE it!!

I discovered lolita from this doc. As far as I can tell Victoria doesn’t have any online presence anymore. Aly/Miss Lumpy was my favorite from this group. She epitomized classic lolita style to me and was (still is) so gorgeous.

OMG Connecticon '09. I was absolutely there for that and I am feeling my age so hard right now lmfao

I'm not sure what the hint music was haha, but that image in the beginning was giving me off-brand Card Captor Sakura vibes

I would love to hear more about the difference substyles. I rarely see certain ones anymore.

That convention is totally Connecticon! I recognize the old carpeting!

This is a really solid documentary. Very sweet and well done, in my opinion. Maybe times have changed, but I think this documentary has aged well.

Was the girl with colourfull hime bangs Victoria Suzanne/Parfait doll ? Looks like her ! So nostalgic

19:34 it's been a hwile since I watched any Stitchess videos, but if I remember correctly she's done a lot of good videos on kawaii subculture and it's history

i didnt realize sugary carnival was that old

I knew holly watches the stitchess and I kind of figured she has told you before but dont be hard on yourself for not realizing it ... after all she still love you and will probably just you about it for the next week ( know bc I've go a similar disability as you and my partner does the same thing to me 😅) Keep being awesome Lor

God I feel old lol I’m 28 and I remember Lolita from before 2009 I went to cons and freaked about a seller selling their old Lolita bible 2007 god I miss the old days xD

Lor, let the ladies enjoy the feeling of grass on their feet!

Lor could you do a video on ouji? or a comparison btwn lolita and ouji :)

Hahahaha I almost never where shoes when the weather is good enough, almost no where.

The Stitchess is great! Love her channel.

"We didn't know what we were doing in 2009." Lmao I don't know what I'm doing in 2020. :)

I never ended up buying any pieces (although there was one skirt I almost bought and I did get a Gothic and Lolita Bible) this documentary is from the peak time that I was interested in lolita. How nostalgic! I almost forgot about Sugary Carnival.

I love the coord Lor is wearing the video! So cute!

I absolutely love your cord in this video!!!

there is an intresting article about Boystyle ,that mentions Kodona www.wunderwelt.jp/libre/en/15580/ if Ouji is supposed to be a prince ,kodona is just a young victorian boy of the working class and I think if the model on this show could wear oxfords instead boots the whole look could be better

This isn't relevant to the video but will we ever see Clown Lor again? Lovely Clown? Clown-lita? I miss her. I'm not demanding anything, more like thinking out loud.

kazikame girls was such a good movie

5:44 THE WII SPORT MUSIC

Lor your coord is so cute! ❤️ love the pink wig

I think it’s great that they were barefoot in the grass...getting to feel the earth yet also being able to feel their sweet glamorous fashion. 🌹

I love the stitchess and lor's content ! 💕🥺

17:25 I honestly thought kodona and ouji were the same style for the longest time... now I gotta look into kodona cuz the examples were showed were really fun!

Yes please do a video on the handbook!! :)

aww lor i wish you would leave your 'tangents' in! i think they'd be rly interesting, tho i understand why you'd want to edit them out. anyway thanks for the video!

that kadona outfit is exactly what I used to wear in new leaf before I learned how to get qr code clothes

Sugary Carnival and Milky Planet are still my fav.

Even though the world is falling apart, at least your cord is beautiful !!

I am almost positive the old convention shots were at Connecticon in CT

So about the antique store I found a classic bonnet and loved it.

Hi lor, I love your coord

Sometimes the rules make lolita seem more like a costume than a real style. It's like we don't want it to be seen as a costume but we still treat it that way anyway. It seems a lot closer to cosplay than a personal style. Also why is it a big deal that those girls took their shoes off while they were in the grass?

I agree I also dress up in lockdown, even if I stay at home it makes me feel happier and cuter :) that's important ! and I can make more coordination pictures :)

Love ur wig!

I LOVE this coord! 💕🤍

I know this is about a year old but I love your wig here!!

13:00 was a much appreciated statement.

PRETTY GOOD DESCRIPTION

omg is the convention in the video is Connecticon! (I think, it's been a while)

Great vid. I've been making stuff like bows and alreations. I also put on some pieces just because 😂

Your outfit in this video is so cute~~ i really like the hat!

Love the coord😍😍😍

Lol lolitas were real and touched the grass back then! They were in touch with nature! And they had shoes but they took them off because it's summer and it's hot 🔥 🥵 it's normal for the olders of us from the 2009s to go barefoot on a good patch of grass.

8:08 That's Bloom OP by Angelic Pretty